Old Postcards and Photographs of South Tyneside 1

To the east of Gateshead, on the south bank of the Tyne lies the Borough of South Tyneside. It is an area with a long history, and indeed the place where written English history began. This album covers the town of South Shields.

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South Shields
Printed in Germany for Jackson & Son of Grimsby in their Jay Em Jay Series [no: 77970]

South Shields
Valentine's Series Real Photograph [no: K 257]

King Street, South Shields
Posted from South Shields to Sunderland on 6th July 1904.

King Street, South Shields, Looking East
Posted from Norwich to Great Yarmouth on 25th January 1906.

King Street, South Shields
Posted from South Shields to Nottingham, 19th August 1916. Valentine's Series postcard [no: 73851]

King Street, South Shields
Published by Valentine's of Dundee [no: 57285].

King Street, South Shields
Posted 27th December 1936. Excel Series Post Card

King Street, South Shields
Photographed and published by Joseph Connacher, Grant Street, Jarrow

South Shields, King Street
Posted from South Shields to Belgium on 23rd May 1905. Postcard by Raphael Tuck & Sons of London in their Town & City Series [no: 2155].

King Street, South Shields
Looking west towards the old Town Hall and Market Place. Posted from South Shields to Cardiff on 6th September 1927. Valentine's Colourtone Series [no: 89990]

Ocean Road, South Shields
Published by A.M.H. of South Shields in their Meldon Series.

Ocean Road, South Shields
Posted from South Shields to Denmark on 29th November 1923. Rexatone Series postcard.

South Shields, Market Place
Posted from South Shields to Argentina on 15th December 1908. Card published by the Rapid Photo Printing Co. Ltd. of London [no: P.S. 139-6].

South Shields Market Place

Market Place and St. Hilda's Church, South Shields

Posted from South Shields to Keighley on 27th August 1904.

Market Place, South Shields
Published by Valentine's of Dundee in their Bromotone Series [no: 14242].

St. Hilda's Church, South Shields
Printed in Saxony in "Gelatined Sepia with Blue Sky", and published by Woolstone Bros. of London in their Milton Series.

St. Hilda's Church, South Shields
Posted from South Shields to Bradford on 8th September 1915. Published by W.H.S. in the Kingsway Real Photo Series [no: S.3302]

War Memorial, St. Hilda's Church, South Shields

The Market Place, South Shields, from the Air
St. Hilda's is at the bottom of the picture, King Street is to the right of the Market Square. On the left, where the sender has written an X, is the Ferry Landing. Published by Aerofilms of Hendon for R. Robinson & Co. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. [no: 19783]

South Shields Railway Station
From a photo by Alex Drysdale. Card published by Jude's Art Series, South Shields.

Municipal Buildings, South Shields
Published by Valentine's of Dundee [no: 79880]

Wouldhave Memorial & Tram Terminus, South Shields
Published by T.H. Dickenson of Gateshead in their T.H.D. Series

South Shields, Wouldhave Memorial
Published by the Rapid Photo Publishing Co. Ltd. of London (no: P.S.139-1]

South Shields, Wouldhave Memorial
Published by Photochrom of Tunbridge Wells [no: 77788]

Wouldhave Memorial, South Shields
Valentine's Series card [no: 14229]

Lifeboat "Tyne," South Shields (means of Saving 1028 lives)
Published by Valentines of Dundee for Saville Bros., King Street and Ocean Road, South Shields [no: 52280].

Old Tyne Lifeboat, South Shields

North Marine Park, South Shields
Published by Rotary in their Photochrom Series [no: C 382-9]

Marine Park, South Shields

South Marine Park, South Shields
Published by W.R & S in their Reliable Series.